MICHIGANAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

BeneSys

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 10, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

1,070

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for BeneSys →2 incidents on file

BeneSys, Inc. (MI), a business associate, reported to HHS on 2020-08-10 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,070 individuals. An employee inadvertently emailed documents containing ePHI (names, Social Security numbers, and financial information) to the wrong recipient via email. The BA notified HHS and affected individuals, provided credit monitoring, sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional administrative safeguards, and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Aug 10, 2020

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0d85f5fc68552f602020-08-06 · +4dVerified

Name: BeneSys
norm: benesys
Domain: benesys.com
Industry: Business Associate

Name: BeneSys
norm: benesys
Domain: benesys.com
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,070nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Sanctioned the responsible employee
Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Retrained staff
Changes made: Employee sanctions applied
Additional administrative safeguards implemented
Staff retraining conducted
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 6 · first

HHS OCR+4d · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Aug 10, 2020
Raw hash: 2c13f9f747cb5b42b1c8457ee3aeede5456557e3bdace333c4a5be0fe92527c3

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBeneSys

Victim entityBeneSys

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing